SHOP ALONG #5: moving on and up

since my last post about the shop wallsi managed to get an end wall up +

then got a call we all don’t want to hearmy daughter saida had passed away

here she is as a young girl

and in high school

and what she became known for in portland oregon where she livedone of the first real goth peopleshe loved to find old victorian clothesand dress the part in her everyday lifewith hats and full make-uplike a silent movie queen

she is the only girl i hadi will miss talking with and seeing herTAKE GOOD CARE OF HER LORD, PLEASE

her friends there are having a memorial concert and event this october 10thand are going to write her name on a goth/punk wall thereto remember her by

i would like to thank all my LJ budsthat have written me thru all thisand given me the time and supporti needed while dealing with thisall the paperwork and cremation has been taken care ofand i will be sent her ashes next weekand take them to the mountain she was born onoutside of taos new mexico in a teepeedelivered by my mother

BLESS YOU ALL !

on other eventsthe shop is now ‘walls up’ +

and just braced for nowbut i have the weekend to tie them all together with top platesand do the last of the blocking and headersthe material for that is on my rack on the car nowin the morning i will get to it (it is raining out this evening)and attach the primary wall back to the existing house wallwith some lag boltsand do a lower course of OSB paneling thento secure them for the winter as the diagonal bracing is not enough for the winds we get herewhen the storms hit

after a long dry summerwe finally got some real rain hereand for the first time ever all my tanks are full – 4,750 gallons of water ! +and i have three cords of firewood stacked on my covered porch +just one to go next weekend

for once in 14 years i am ready for winter earlyand plan to get on with some shop work again

thank you for lookingbe safeand enjoy

-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle

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What a beautiful daughter! I am so sorry for your loss. It is unimaginable. I haven’t spent much time looking around here my friend and I didn’t know of any of this until now. I don’t know what to say except my heart goes out to you. What a lovely life.

You know how I feel Brother…It has been good for meto see you keeping busyduring your time of lossYou even helped Saida’s Friends with their Grief,while grappling with your own…I never knew Saida of course,but from what you and her Friends have saidShe was a Very Special, Caring, and Beautiful Person,One of a Kind, who marched to the beat of a Different Drummer…